Governor Walker’s office said it would consider speeding up the transition of the UW system into a public authority and that the System would be free to decide how to split $300 million in cuts over the next two years.

Walker himself told reporters during his trip in London that he would consider putting a permanent cap on UW tuition after 2017, restricted to the rate of inflation.

A University of Wisconsin scholar and wind power proponent says that Gov. Scott Walker's proposal for conducting a study on the health effects of wind doesn't allocate enough funding or time for researchers to come to any useful conclusions.

Two Republican lawmakers from Racine have proposed allowing Wisconsin’s technical colleges to have the ability to open their own charter high schools that would focus on occupational training skills, specifically targeting teenagers who aren't college-bound.

Gov. Scott Walker repeatedly sidestepped questions about foreign policy — and even a question about evolution — during a forum at a London think tank Wednesday. Walker was also pressed repeatedly on budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System and the recent flap over rewriting the UW's mission statement.